Why were Rs definitely not going to budge? Ongoing shutdown hurts them more than it hurts Ds.https://twitter.com/DavidMDrucker/status/955510318649790466 …
Not necessarily the case. Polling suggested otherwise. But let's say you're right for the sake of argument. If they let a minority in one chamber of congress dictate terms like this they would be a laughing stock and their own voters would disown them.
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But GOP in Congress and Trump aren't exactly in lockstep, and Trump is erratic. Shutdown starts to hurt economy, reflects worse on his leadership than anything else. For Dems to get anything they want, needed to hope Trump would finally come back to table sans Miller/Kelly.
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